Little World Beverages (LWB)

Shares in the Perth-based independent brewer, which produces Little Creatures, Rogers and White Rabbit, have rocketed more than 300 per cent since it listed on the stock exchange in 2005. The $240 million
Little World Beverages
was ranked fifth in the domestic beverage market earlier this year. Lion Nathan has a 36.6 per cent share in the company but management has confirmed it is too small to be the subject of any takeover speculation, following SABMiller’s $9.5 billion bid for Foster’s Group. The share price hit a record high of $4.02 in early April but has eased just under 9 per cent since then. Despite this, the brewer has outperformed the All Ordinaries Index by more than 13 per cent in the year to date. LWB plans to spend about $35 million this year in order to grow its eastern seaboard market share.